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Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society is a private museum, archival library, and educational institution headquartered in downtown Portland. It was founded on December 17, 1898, …
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Oregon Industrial Welfare Commission
In the spring of 1913, the Oregon legislature created the first compulsory minimum wage law in the nation and its governing agency, the Industrial Welfare …
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Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech)
The Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT, also now known as Oregon Tech) is one of the seven institutions comprising the Oregon University System. Located in …
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Oregon Iron & Steel Company
The Oregon Iron & Steel Company (OI&S;) was incorporated in the town of Oswego, just south of Portland, in 1882. The company …
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Oregon Junco
A hundred years ago, many birds carried the name of “Oregon,” including Oregon Jays, Oregon Chickadees, Oregon Titmice, and Oregon Towhees. One by one, those …
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Oregon Land Fraud Trials (1904-1910)
During the summer of 1905, while visitors enjoyed the amusements of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, one of the most sensational trials in …
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Oregon Land Survey, 1851-1855
In 1850, President Millard Fillmore appointed John B. Preston as Oregon Territory's first surveyor general. Preston arrived in the territory in 1851; and by the …
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Oregon Literature (1814-1920)
The first literature of Oregon followed patterns typical of most other regions of the United States. From the earliest Indian stories to the romantic novels …
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Oregon Literature (1920-2010)
The joint appearance in 1927 of the controversial pamphlet Status Rerum by writers H.L. Davis and James Stevens and the new regional magazine Frontier edited …
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Oregon Literature Series
“The Oregon Literature Series is a national model,” wrote John Frohnmayer, chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. A project of the Oregon Council …
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